Use Latin numbers in Asian vertical text

PowerPoint uses the Yoko-Gumi command to control how Latin numbers appear in vertical text. When you create a presentation with Japanese language features enabled, Yoko-Gumi is turned on by default, and each vertical row can hold two digits. For example, "1997" appears in two rows as "19" and "97". If Yoko-Gumi is turned off, each digit appears in a separate row and is rotated 90 degrees. For example, the number "2011" appears in four rows.

Important

To complete this procedure, you must first turn on Chinese or Japanese language features. For more information, see Turn on Chinese language features or Turn on Japanese language features.

  1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize Toolbars and Menus.

  2. On the Toolbars and Menus tab, select the Show check box next to Formatting.

    The Formatting toolbar appears below the standard toolbar.

  3. Click the Commands tab.

  4. Under Categories, click Format.

  5. Under Commands, drag the Yoko-Gumi  Yoko-Gumi command command to the Formatting toolbar, and then click OK.

  6. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Have two digits appear in a row

    Make sure that Yoko-Gumi  Yoko-Gumi command  is pressed in, and then type the two digits.

    Have one digit appear in a row

    Make sure that Yoko-Gumi  Yoko-Gumi command  is not pressed in, and then type the single digit numbers.

See also
Search and format Japanese text